Cross-tolerance to acute administration of mu and kappa opioid agonists at the spinal cord level in the rat |
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Authors: | C Laurido A Hernandez H Perez |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, University of Santiago of Chile, Chile. |
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Abstract: | Development of tolerance and cross-tolerance after acute administration of the mu agonist morphine and the kappa agonist U-50,488H was assessed in rats, through recording of a C-fiber-evoked spinal nociceptive reflex. Rats rendered tolerant to morphine (a single dose of 1 mg/kg i.p.) showed, after a 5-hour period, tolerance to morphine and cross-tolerance to the kappa-opioid receptor agonist U-50,488H, as revealed by depressed C-reflex responsiveness. In contrast, pretreatment with U-50,488H (a single dose of 1 mg/kg i.p.) rendered tolerant the rats to U-50,488H, but the animals did not develop cross-tolerance to morphine. Results indicate that acute administration of mu and kappa ligands leads to development of unidirectional cross-tolerance in rat spinal cord. This points to limitations in using alternated mu and kappa opioid agonists to bypass the problem of development of opioid tolerance in chronic pain complaints. |
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